List of works - Nicola Nelson

A Threat to New Zealand's Tuatara Heats Up

article

Avoiding aliens: Behavioural plasticity in habitat use enables large, nocturnal geckos to survive Pacific rat invasions

article by Joanne M. Monks et al published May 2007 in Biological Conservation

Behavioral variation in nesting phenology may offset sex-ratio bias in tuatara

article

Chemical Discrimination of Food, Conspecifics and Predators by Apparently Visually-Oriented Diurnal Geckos, Naultinus manukanus

Climate‐change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study

scientific article published on 10 February 2021

Conservation of skinks in New Zealand cities

scientific article published in 2023

Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

scientific article published on 20 April 2021

Cryptic inbreeding depression in a growing population of a long-lived species.

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

De novo sequence assembly and characterisation of a partial transcriptome for an evolutionarily distinct reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

scientific article (publication date: 31 August 2012)

Discrimination of flicker frequency rates in the reptile tuatara (Sphenodon ).

scientific article published on 13 December 2008

Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity ⬇️

journal article from 'Science' published in 2022

Does Nest-Guarding in Female Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) Reduce Nest Destruction by Conspecific Females? ⬇️

scientific article published in June 2009

Ecology and dynamics of the blood parasite, Hepatozoon tuatarae (Apicomplexa), in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Stephens Island, New Zealand

scientific article

Estimating the biodiversity of terrestrial invertebrates on a forested island using DNA barcodes and metabarcoding data

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Evaluating a multigene environmental DNA approach for biodiversity assessment

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Fine-scale genetic structure of a long-lived reptile reflects recent habitat modification.

scientific article published in November 2008

First detection of Chlamydia psittaci from a wild native passerine bird in New Zealand.

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Genetic structure and individual performance following a recent founding event in a small lizard

scholarly article

Genomic Epidemiology and Management of Salmonella in Island Ecosystems Used for Takahe Conservation

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

Geostatistical interpolation can reliably extend coverage of a very high-resolution model of temperature-dependent sex determination

Glucocorticoids in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): Some influential factors, and applications in conservation management.

scientific article published on 07 December 2015

Implications of social dominance and multiple paternity for the genetic diversity of a captive-bred reptile population (tuatara) ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 November 2007

Influence of major histocompatibility complex genotype on mating success in a free-ranging reptile population.

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

Initial collection, characterization, and storage of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) sperm offers insight into their unique reproductive system

scientific article published in 2021

Investigating kleptothermy: a reptile-seabird association with thermal benefits.

scientific article

Kaitiakitanga, place and the urban restoration agenda

scientific article

Large Male Advantage: Phenotypic and Genetic Correlates of Territoriality in Tuatara ⬇️

scientific article published in December 2009

Lizard Conservation in Mainland Sanctuaries

Male‐biased sex ratio in a small tuatara population

scientific article published in 2002

Microbial Genomics of a Host-Associated Commensal Bacterium in Fragmented Populations of Endangered Takahe.

scientific article published on 26 December 2015

Modelled incubation conditions indicate wider potential distributions based on thermal requirements for an oviparous lizard ⬇️

Modelling three‐dimensional space to design prey refuges using video game software

scientific article published in 2021

Modulation of corticosterone secretion in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): Evidence of a dampened stress response in gravid females.

scientific article published on 5 April 2014

Moving house: long-term dynamics of corticosterone secretion are unaltered in translocated populations of a rare reptile (the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus)

scientific article

New Zealand reptiles and their conservation

article

Performance of Juvenile Tuatara Depends on Age, Clutch, and Incubation Regime

scientific article published in 2006

Predicting the fate of a living fossil: how will global warming affect sex determination and hatching phenology in tuatara?

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2008)

Presence of antibodies to Salmonella in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) sera.

scientific article

Publisher Correction: The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Reptile reservoirs and seasonal variation in the environmental presence of Salmonella in an island ecosystem, Stephens Island, New Zealand.

scientific article published on 7 May 2014

Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus).

scientific article published in December 2008

Securing the demographic and genetic future of tuatara through assisted colonization

scientific article

Sex ratio bias and extinction risk in an isolated population of Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Social network structure and parasite infection patterns in a territorial reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

scientific article published on 14 July 2010

Species and cultural conservation in New Zealand: maori traditional ecological knowledge of tuatara.

scientific article

Support for a rare pattern of temperature-dependent sex determination in archaic reptiles: evidence from two species of tuatara (Sphenodon)

scientific article

T cell function in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus).

scientific article

Temperature selection by juvenile tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is not influenced by temperatures experienced as embryos.

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination and Artificial Incubation of Tuatara, Sphenodon Punctatus

2001 doctoral thesis by Nicola J Nelson at Victoria University of Wellington

The effect of two glyphosate formulations on a small, diurnal lizard (Oligosoma polychroma).

scientific article

The effects of annual cycle, source population, and body condition on leukocyte profile and immune challenge in a basal reptile, the tuatara (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>)

scientific article published on 3 November 2023

The first recorded interaction between two species separated for centuries suggests they were ecological competitors

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

scientific article published on 5 August 2020

The tuatara genome: insights into vertebrate evolution from the sole survivor of an ancient reptilian order

scientific article published on 8 December 2019

Thermoregulation of a temperate reptile in a forested habitat

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Unravelling causality from correlations: revealing the impacts of endemic ectoparasites on a protected species (tuatara)

scientific article published on 16 October 2009

Using a common commensal bacterium in endangered Takahe as a model to explore pathogen dynamics in isolated wildlife populations

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

List of works by Nicola Nelson

A Threat to New Zealand's Tuatara Heats Up

Avoiding aliens: Behavioural plasticity in habitat use enables large, nocturnal geckos to survive Pacific rat invasions

Behavioral variation in nesting phenology may offset sex-ratio bias in tuatara

Chemical Discrimination of Food, Conspecifics and Predators by Apparently Visually-Oriented Diurnal Geckos, Naultinus manukanus

Climate‐change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study

Conservation of skinks in New Zealand cities

Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

Cryptic inbreeding depression in a growing population of a long-lived species.

De novo sequence assembly and characterisation of a partial transcriptome for an evolutionarily distinct reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Discrimination of flicker frequency rates in the reptile tuatara (Sphenodon ).

Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity ⬇️

Does Nest-Guarding in Female Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) Reduce Nest Destruction by Conspecific Females? ⬇️

Ecology and dynamics of the blood parasite, Hepatozoon tuatarae (Apicomplexa), in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Stephens Island, New Zealand

Estimating the biodiversity of terrestrial invertebrates on a forested island using DNA barcodes and metabarcoding data

Evaluating a multigene environmental DNA approach for biodiversity assessment

Fine-scale genetic structure of a long-lived reptile reflects recent habitat modification.

First detection of Chlamydia psittaci from a wild native passerine bird in New Zealand.

Genetic structure and individual performance following a recent founding event in a small lizard

Genomic Epidemiology and Management of Salmonella in Island Ecosystems Used for Takahe Conservation

Geostatistical interpolation can reliably extend coverage of a very high-resolution model of temperature-dependent sex determination

Glucocorticoids in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): Some influential factors, and applications in conservation management.

Implications of social dominance and multiple paternity for the genetic diversity of a captive-bred reptile population (tuatara) ⬇️

Influence of major histocompatibility complex genotype on mating success in a free-ranging reptile population.

Initial collection, characterization, and storage of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) sperm offers insight into their unique reproductive system

Investigating kleptothermy: a reptile-seabird association with thermal benefits.

Kaitiakitanga, place and the urban restoration agenda

Large Male Advantage: Phenotypic and Genetic Correlates of Territoriality in Tuatara ⬇️

Lizard Conservation in Mainland Sanctuaries

Male‐biased sex ratio in a small tuatara population

Microbial Genomics of a Host-Associated Commensal Bacterium in Fragmented Populations of Endangered Takahe.

Modelled incubation conditions indicate wider potential distributions based on thermal requirements for an oviparous lizard ⬇️

Modelling three‐dimensional space to design prey refuges using video game software

Modulation of corticosterone secretion in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): Evidence of a dampened stress response in gravid females.

Moving house: long-term dynamics of corticosterone secretion are unaltered in translocated populations of a rare reptile (the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus)

New Zealand reptiles and their conservation

Performance of Juvenile Tuatara Depends on Age, Clutch, and Incubation Regime

Predicting the fate of a living fossil: how will global warming affect sex determination and hatching phenology in tuatara?

Presence of antibodies to Salmonella in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) sera.

Publisher Correction: The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

Reptile reservoirs and seasonal variation in the environmental presence of Salmonella in an island ecosystem, Stephens Island, New Zealand.

Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus).

Securing the demographic and genetic future of tuatara through assisted colonization

Sex ratio bias and extinction risk in an isolated population of Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Social network structure and parasite infection patterns in a territorial reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Species and cultural conservation in New Zealand: maori traditional ecological knowledge of tuatara.

Support for a rare pattern of temperature-dependent sex determination in archaic reptiles: evidence from two species of tuatara (Sphenodon)

T cell function in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus).

Temperature selection by juvenile tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is not influenced by temperatures experienced as embryos.

Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination and Artificial Incubation of Tuatara, Sphenodon Punctatus

The effect of two glyphosate formulations on a small, diurnal lizard (Oligosoma polychroma).

The effects of annual cycle, source population, and body condition on leukocyte profile and immune challenge in a basal reptile, the tuatara (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>)

The first recorded interaction between two species separated for centuries suggests they were ecological competitors

The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

The tuatara genome: insights into vertebrate evolution from the sole survivor of an ancient reptilian order

Thermoregulation of a temperate reptile in a forested habitat

Unravelling causality from correlations: revealing the impacts of endemic ectoparasites on a protected species (tuatara)

Using a common commensal bacterium in endangered Takahe as a model to explore pathogen dynamics in isolated wildlife populations

Waiting reveals waning weight: Monitoring over 54 years shows a decline in body condition of a long-lived reptile (tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus)